This Week’s Issue: Moxie Marlinspike Has a Plan to Reclaim Our Privacy

Anna Wiener profiles the founder of Signal. Plus: how to spot a military impostor; retelling the history of Black life; and Martin Amis. View in browser | Update your preferences Profiles Taking Back Our Privacy Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the end-to-end encrypted messaging service Signal, is “trying to bring normality to the Internet.” By Anna Wiener Annals of Justice How to Spot a Military Impostor The detectives who investigate fake stories of military service use many tools, including shame. By Rachel Monroe Life and Letters How Saidiya Hartman Retells the History of Black Life The scholar’s provocative writing illuminates stories that have long gone untold. By Alexis Okeowo A Reporter at Large Trump’s Labor Secretary Is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers As Election Day looms, Eugene Scalia, a cunning lawyer committed to dismantling regulation, is weakening one employee protection after another. By Eyal Press Books In Love with the Louvre How a great picture gallery became one of the first truly encyclopedic museums. By Adam Gopnik A Critic at Large Rita Indiana’s Songs for the Apocalypse On her new album, the Dominican musician and novelist transforms this miserable moment into something defiant and danceable. By Daniel Alarcón Books Martin Amis’s Turn to Autofiction The author’s new novel is not just drawn from his own life but structured with freewheeling digressions that mimic the experience of remembering the past. By Giles Harvey Musical Events Jennifer Walshe’s Sublime Chaos The Irish composer and vocalist gives emotional shape to the barrage of information that attends online life. By Alex Ross The Current Cinema “Martin Eden” Lurches with Salty, Oceanic Appetites In a cooped-up age, the great escapes and far-off horizons of Jack London’s fiction feel resonant. By Anthony Lane Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Vaccines I’m Working On Updates on immunological advances to protect against old-man crying, werewolfism, hangovers, and other contagions. By Jack Handey Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.